Lawyers and advocates filed the class action suit in 2000. The suit was named after a 9-year-old boy who spent months in an overcrowded Memphis shelter because the Department of Children’s Services didn’t have anywhere else to put him.

In fact, only about 60 percent of children who may have been in imminent danger were seen within 24 hours.

The filing reveals older foster children aren’t adequately prepared for adulthood. In roughly 60 percent of those cases, there was no mention of where the child would live as an adult.

On a positive note, the report also shows kids were moved between foster homes less often, and the child abuse hotline dropped fewer calls.

DCS has had a number of problems over the past year including its computer system TFACTS, which wasn’t working properly. There was also a major staff overhaul, including replacing former Commissioner Kate O’Day with Jim Henry.